Published: Nov. 18, 2023, 8:04 p.m.
Comedian and actor Faizon Love chats with Trey Elling, ahead of his headlining shows at Cap City Comedy Club. Topics include:
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\n - Snoop Dogg forcing Faizon to retire from weed (0:00)
\n - Where he draws his standup material from (4:00)
\n - Having his first kid at 50 (4:33)
\n - The difficult art of standup comedy (7:23)
\n - Starting his standup career at the Comedy Store in the mid-1980s (10:11)
\n - Faizon's first encounter with Richard Pryor (13:25)
\n - Sam Kinison (14:31)
\n - Comparing standup and comedic acting (15:52)
\n - A scene from Elf as an example of comedic timing (19:08)
\n - Learning to surf for Blue Crush (20:10)
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